Distribution of Sanitary Pads to School Girls
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Distribution of Sanitary Pads to School Girls
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Empowering the Girl Child
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]Management of menstruation can present substantial challenges to girls in low-income settings. Many girls in primary schools in rural areas skip school when their monthly menstrual cycle is in full swing. They are subjected to embarrassment and fear of teasing related to menstruation. This, together with menstrual pain and lack of effective materials for menstrual hygiene management, leads to school absenteeism, thus impeding their academic performance. Social studies in schools show that poverty and menstruation as the key factors associated with school attendance among girls.
ROA promotes woman & girl engagement by distributing sanitary pads to girls in primary and secondary schools as a menstrual hygiene intervention to reduce school absenteeism. The girl child needs to be empowered to aim high in their studies and therefore ROA is stepping up resource mobilization to be able to reach more schools and more girls.
In October 2018, ROA distributed sanitary pads to girls in a few schools in Kakamega County as a menstrual hygiene intervention to reduce school absenteeism. ROA staffs Doris, Makeba and Andala presented 99 packets of pads to classes 7 and 8 girls in Emukangu primary school.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”19740″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_rounded”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1563256205120{padding-top: 70px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]
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